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Poverty and wellbeing in MozambiqueThe gains have been substantial and have occurred in both rural and urban zones...
Consumption PovertyWorking Paper
A review of consumption poverty estimation for MozambiqueWe broadly review the challenges encountered and choices made in the national assessments of consumption poverty using the 1996/97, 2002/03, and 2008/09 budget surveys...
Consumption PovertyBlog
Extreme poverty - the poorest are being left behind
At our 30 th Anniversary Conference we took the chance to interview Martin Ravallion of Georgetown University—we asked him to discuss his recent work on extreme poverty, and to highlight what he believes the major challenges in this area will b...
Consumption Equality and inequality Land tenureWorking Paper
Keep it real: Measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countriesThis paper investigates how two effects drive wedges between nominal and real inequality estimates...
Consumption Equality and inequality Measurement (Poverty)Video
Progress in Data and MeasurementConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 5.1
Database Inequality HealthVideo
Country ExperiencesConference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 2.3
Expenditures, Public Children MalnutritionWorking Paper
Income and price elasticities of demand in South Africa: An application of the linear expenditure systemThis paper investigates the expenditure patterns of South African households using detailed cross-sectional expenditure and price data...
Aeronautics Consumption Food supplyWorking Paper
Inequality of Opportunity During the Great Recession in UgandaThe paper proposes an analysis of the recent distributional dynamics in Uganda...
Consumption Equality and inequality Income distributionWorking Paper
Growth and Inequality in the Distribution of India’s Consumption Expenditure: 1983 to 2009-10This paper undertakes an assessment of the evolution of inequality in the distribution of consumption expenditure in India over the last quarter-century, from 1983 to 2009-10, employing data available in the quinquennial ‘thick’ surveys o...
Consumption Economic development Equality and inequalityJournal Article
Intergenerational Mobility and Interpersonal Inequality in an African EconomyPart of Journal Special Issue Land and Property Rights
Consumption Equality and inequality Land tenureWorking Paper
Savings By and For the Poor: A Research Review and AgendaThe poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and limited functionality. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioural frictions...
Banking Choice ConsumptionJournal Article
Savings by and for the Poor: A Research Review and AgendaPart of Journal Special Issue Poverty, Development, and Behavioral Economics
Banking Choice ConsumptionWorking Paper
Foreign Aid, Public Sector and Private Consumption: a Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive ApproachThis paper employs a cointegrated vector autoregressive model to assess the growth effect of aid in Uganda over the period 1972-2008...
Consumption Economic assistance and foreign aid Econometric models (Economic development)Working Paper
The (Declining) Role of Households in Sustaining China's Economy: Structural Path Analysis for 1997-2007Current explanations for private consumption’s diminished role in China focus on the expansion of exports and investments. Using structural path analysis, we find additional contributing factors...
Consumption Households Regional economicsBlog
Measuring Poverty Over TimeLuc Christiaensen and Lorraine Telfer-Taivainen If a person suddenly becomes poor, for example, due to an unexpected death or illness in the family, they will have a rather different experience and understanding of poverty than someone who has been i...
Children Consumption Measurement (Poverty)Journal Article
Measuring Poverty Over TimePart of Journal Special Issue Measuring Poverty Over Time
Consumption Income Poverty